Target says it detected but declined to take immediate action against the massive theft of credit card and personal information of 110 million Target customers. "With the benefit of hindsight, we are investigating whether if different judgments had been made the outcome may have been different," a spokesman said.
Target Manager: "If You Weren't Cheating, You Weren't Trying"
Red-tinted retail monster Target is having a hard time translating its popularity in the U.S. into foreign markets. Under the principle of kicking them while they're down, we now bring you this former Target manager's story of the "reprehensible" things he did in order to keep his job.
Simple Malware Written By Russian Teen Behind Target's Security Breach
A security firm has begun to unravel exactly who was behind the massive security breach at Target that resulted in the credit card information of 110 million customers being stolen, and at the root is an "off the shelf" malware program written by a 17-year-old Russian.
Credit Card, Personal Data Stolen From 40 Million Target Customers
Monday morning, Target confirmed reports that criminals attacked its customer information system earlier this year, stealing credit card and personal data from about 40 million customers. The theft began Thanksgiving week, just before Black Friday, and continued until December 15.
A Las Vegas man was shot Thursday evening while carrying a big-screen TV home from a Target store. According to the Associated Press, the victim will survive but it's "unclear what happened to the TV."
Target Admits Using Racist Training Document, Faces Lawsuit
Three former Target warehouse employees are suing the retail chain, claiming they were fired after complaining about a racist training document used at a California distribution center.
Let's Watch Some Fun Target Training Videos
Union-busting soul destroyer Target, the Wal-Mart of the aspirational set, is in a period of existential peril. The company must find a way to defeat Amazon's online retail empire. The company's big plan (really): a training program, just rolled out, to teach its employees how to be AMAZING.
Here's the Script Target Is Using to Train Its Employees to Be 'AMAZING'
Devil-tinted big box retailer Target has one great competitor that keeps its executives awake at night. No, not Wal-Mart—Amazon. It's Amazon that is poised to become the amorphous online "big box" of the future, leaving today's big, concrete boxes in a perilous position. But Target has a plan to save itself: it will…
Target Casually Enters the Bondage Suit Business with American Horror Story 'Rubber Man Costume'
Halloween is coming up!
Target Will Gladly Take Your Gay Money But Won't Support Your Equal Right to Gay Marry
Recently, Target pleasantly surprised many when it unveiled a Wedding Gift Registry ad campaign featuring a smiling same-sex couple holding hands underneath the tagline "that's love."
Is Target Really One of the 'World's Most Ethical Companies?'
Since we started covering Target's voracious anti-unionism and labor woes last year, former employees have described the company to us as "humiliating," "'pleasant' slavery," and "the sketchiest place I ever worked," among many other things. But—to our surprise—Target is also one of the "World's Most Ethical…
Target Employees Call Bullshit on Target's Convenient Explanations
A Target store in Valley Stream, New York is once again in a battle over an attempt to unionize its workers. (The company was convicted of using illegal union-busting tactics when the union tried this last year.) Today is Target's shareholder meeting, in Chicago. What better time to hear from some beleaguered Target…
Here Are Some Highlights of Target's Illegal Anti-Union Exploits
Last year, a Target store in Valley Stream, New York was the site of an long campaign by the UFCW to unionize the store's workers. Target has no unionized stores, and remains staunchly anti-union. The union lost the vote at Valley Stream, but last month a judge ordered a new election due to company misconduct. Let's…
Target's Getting Another Union Vote, Thanks to Company Misconduct
Last year, we spent a long time following the UFCW's battle to unionize a New York Target store—which would have been the first unionized store in the notorious anti-union company. That effort failed when employees voted against the union, but the UFCW alleged illegal intimidation on the part of the company. Now, a…
Creepy Greeting Card Warns Against Following Whitney Houston's Example
BuzzFeed points to an unsettling (and totally passive-aggressive) card made before Whitney Houston's death. The text inside reads — in dramatic, lowercase-letters only fashion — "next time you think of dating the bad boy, consider whitney houston ... that's all i'm going to say." The card remained on Target shelves…
A Former Target Team Leader Explains Hiring, Firing, and Staying Union-Free
Last year, we covered the (failed) battle to unionize Target workers, and brought you testimonials from many current and former employees about what life is like inside one of America's biggest retailers. Today—as Target enjoys strong sales gains—we bring you one more.
Black Friday Shoppers Step Over Man Who Lay Dying on the Floor
Black Friday shoppers at a West Virginia Target did not allow collapsed-and-dying man Walter Vance to disturb their holiday shopping experience. They simply walked around or stepped over him, before somebody else swept up all those cheap towels and soap dishes.
Black Friday Worker on the All-Night Shift Drives Into Canal
Let's not allow the pepper-spray clouds, bullet showers, and mounds of bloody Brawny towels to obscure our view of the hard-working cashiers, stockers, and other retail workers who staffed the stores and enabled Black Friday to happen. How did they fare yesterday?
Jaw-Dropping Scenes of This Year's Crazed Black Friday Crowds
Even without waffle-iron rioting and bloody police beat-downs, the standard Black Friday shopping experience is utterly terrifying. Just watch this video featuring hundreds of shoppers storming the Urban Outfitters at Thousand Oaks Mall in California and tremble at the sight of so many people running toward the…
Life at Target: Hard Knocks Off the Clock
It is simply not possible to refrain from publishing constant new stories about the indignities of working at Target, America's most clean and attractive union-busting big box store. There are all too many current and former Target employees anxious to send us stories of exploitation and generally disgraceful…
